Man in house passes parcel out of window to 2 women after a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934

Title: Man in house passes parcel out of window to 2 women after a catastrophic flood and mudslide, La Crescenta-Montrose, 1934
Date Created: 1934
Date: 1934-07
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Man in house passes parcel (bedding?) out of window to 2 women after a catastrophic flood and mudslide (in either January of October). The feet and ankles of the woman on the left are covered in mud.
In November 1933, wildfires raged through the San Gabriel Mountains above the Crescenta Valley. Two floods followed the next year. In late December, a series of storms dropped 12 inches of rain. On New Year's Eve, heavy rains led to sporadic flooding. Around midnight, mountain hillsides collapsed sending millions of tons of mud into the Crescenta Valley neighborhoods below. More than 400 homes were destroyed in La Cañada, La Crescenta, Montrose and Tujunga. Scores of people were killed, and hundreds were left homeless. Another rainstorm on October 17 caused additional flooding and damage, but no deaths.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: Floods, Montrose, 1934

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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